The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-01-29
4 LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

the markets at Santa Cruz, Cal.
A DRESSED hog weighi1 712 pounds
is on exhibition in MOI Cerey, Cal.
The tomfoolery of the science OF the
hand is swiftly running its course.
New YORK society ladies carry
purses in the shape OF Kittens head.
'sTHE Great Pink Pearl" has been
running nearly 800 nights in London.
BOSTON is indignant because Mum
kacsy, the artist, did not visit that
city.
NEW ORLEANS, according to recent
estimates, has population OF $780,
900.
II is said that silk ribbon IS a bet.
ter lightning conductor than q rod OF
metal.
THE original sealskin sacque now
represents q style altogether out o.
fashion.
ACCORDING to Brooklyn's latest di-
rectory there are 10000 residents OF
that city.
PooDLEs weighing less than ten
pounds are exempt from taxation in
Connecticut.
BALTIMORE capitalists are oevelop-
ing manganese mine in Augusta
County, Va.
MRS. FLooD. OF Philadelphia, is 102
years old, and does most OF her own
housework.
A NEW YORK Italian allowed mis-
child to die of diphtheria to save a
doctors bill.
THE finest collection OF cook. books
in the world is owned by a New York
chef de cuisine.
FLORIDA hotels are supplied with
meat, poultry, fish and vegetables
from New York.
HALE and Bullock Counties, Ala
bama, have just Joined the Prohibi-
tion procession.
NEARLY 165 gin-houses were de-
stroyed by fire in Alabama during the
past three months.
THE holiday trade in New York was
greater than ever before known, and Is
estimated at S5,OOO,00O.
IT is estimated that 100000 bales
OF cotton will constitute the cotton
crop OF the South this year.
A FULL-BLooDED Oregon Indian
purchased sewing-machine as a
Christmas present for his wife.
A CALIFORNIA farmer hanged himself
few days ago because he was afraid
that a dry season is impending.
TWENTY-FIVE million feet OF lumber
is being sawed up into ties for rail-
road company a. Truckee, New.
ACCORDING to the report OF the IN
ternal revenue bureau 573 persons III
Vermont pay g. liquor dealers tax.
To make the tailor suit OF cloth
light and comfortable the best tailors
use silk for the foundation OF the en-
tire costume.
MozART's tomb is as unknown as
that of Moses. But his monument
will be placed next to the tOmbs or
Schubert and Beethoven, at Vienna.
IL London the price Of gas to pri-
vate consumers is 3s per 1000 feet
on the north side of the Thames, and
2s6d on the south side.
ARMY officers still wear the badge OF
mourning out OF respect to the late
President Arthur. They will continue
to do so until six months after the
date OF his death.
A GOOD many fables begin "Once on
time" Oddly enough, too, when
married men have been once on time
they are apt t. nyent fables s.-S0meT-
vile Journal.
A GIRL in Jersey City has been COM
PEELED to order the arrest OF a young
man TO relieve herself OF his atten-
tions, which were pestiferous, though
| meant TO berespectful.
THERE are in America over 4 4,O0O,-
! 600 farms, large and small. Tney
cover nearly 300,00O,000 acres OF in-
proved land, and their total vaiue is
something like so, 600, 100000.
Gov. SCALES, OF North Carolina, hes
received 100000 in Confederate
bonds from England, which were de-
posted there in 1854 by John White,
state agent, by order OF Gov. Vansc.
A MAJORITY OF the hotelsa a. Atlantic
City have now "sun parlors" glass
enclosed piazzas, where real and spu-
rious invalids can sit basking while
watching the "sad sea waves"
WILLIAM TABOR, q Pennsylvenian,
made fun OF the big trees IN The
| Yosemite Valley, and John Ashton,
guide, felt it his duty to stab the
oscfer twice in the right arm.
JOHN MoFFAT, the temperance sd-
vocate whose death has been recorded,
vas nephew of Robert Moffat, the
missionary, and cousin by marriage
OF David Livingstone, the African mis-.
sionary and explorer.
The secretary OF the treasury has
appointed Herbert t. Beecher TO be a
| special agent OF the treasury. He Is a
son OF the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
| and was formerly collector OF customs
at Port Townsend, W. Z.
SERGT. s. PREETIss was the ideal or
ator OF the South. A large and excel
lent oil portrait, presented by Judge
| Morris OF Natchez has been hung IN
the room otthe supreme court OF Lou
| isiane, the field OF most OF Mr.. Prem
tiss' oratorical triumphs.
"YoU, know. my dear, have often
said that, ike the rest OF the human
kind, am only poor, weak sinner, y
said Mr.. Jones, SIS ne was trying 10 eI-
cuse himself to his wife. "Yes," re-
piled she. "You have so. And new
er in my life saw anybody 90 anxious
to prove the truth OF his statement
as you seem TO be. ."-Herchant Tray
leer.
IT is said that a Buffalo alderman
applied TO certain railroad company
for a pass, and that the company re-
fused to grant the favor on theground
that. it was under no obligation TO
the man who asked it. 1t is further
related that the alderman aiterward
remarked somewhat boastingly that
the road didn't own him and that he
wes working only for the interest ot
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